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An apprenticeship in arms : the origins of the British Army : 1585-1702

This book explores the ways in which the diverse military experiences at home and abroad of the British and Irish people during the seventeenth century introduced modern military theory and practice into the Three Kingdoms of the British Isles and shaped the embryonic British army that emerged during the reign of the soldier-king William III.Read more...

I. A MILITARY APPRENTICESHIP 1585-1640 ; 1. The Irish Wars ; 2. The Low Countries Wars ; 3. British Manpower and the States' Army ; 4. Recruiting in the British Isles for Mainland European Armies ; 5. Military and Naval Expeditions of the 1620s ; 6. The campus martius: The Domestic School of War ; II. THE EXPERIENCE OF CIVIL WAR 1640-1660 ; 7. Mercenaries and Gentlemen ; 8. Raising and Organizing Standing Armies ; 9. Atrocity, Plunder, and Discipline ; 10. The Civil Wars in Ireland and Scotland ; III. THE DECAY OF A MILITARY TRADITION 1660-1688 ; 11. Standing Armies in the Three Kingdoms ; 12. The Decay of the Militia ; 13. English, Irish, and Scots in Mainland European Armies ; IV. THE RECOVERY OF A MILITARY TRADITION 1688-1702 ; 14. The Descent on England ; 15. The Williamite Conquest of Scotland and Ireland ; 16. The Nine Years War ; 17. Conclusion: Military Professionalism ; Select Bibliography ; Index

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Roger B. Manning.

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A valuable study of the days of the formation of a Standing Army. * The Bulletin of the Military Historical Society, Volume 57, Number 225 * Manning brings together a wealth of material ... and by adopting a broad framework offers a useful synthesis of a literature that has developed considerably during the past thirty years. * John Childs, TLS * A lengthy and detailed narrative * Ian Roy, English Historical Review *Read more...